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Two Tims, one excellent show, no bullshit: Heidecker showcases versatility at Turner Hall

August 23, 2023

It's been said that many comedians secretly want to be musicians and that lots of musicians actually wish they were comedians. We've seen enough comics awkwardly infusing acoustic guitar into their set and have...

Summerfest Weekend 1 Recap: The entirely daytime edition!

Tyler Maas

June 25, 2023

Summerfest rules. The "World's Largest Music Festival" brings free shows from hundreds of musical acts, tasty treats from dozens of food and drink vendors, oodles of non-musical entertainment, and an overwhelmi...

My Saturday at the 2023 Midwest Gaming Classic: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

April 3, 2023

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes—or, more accurately, like Phoenix being summoned by Cloud in Final Fantasy VII—the Midwest Gaming Classic returned to its full glory this past weekend. A few years of COVID-...

Joshua Ray Walker shines at Shank Hall in Milwaukee debut

Tyler Maas

February 7, 2022

If you don’t know the name Joshua Ray Walker yet, you’re about to. Since first building some buzz in country music circles with his debut, Wish You Were Here, the Dallas singer-songwriter has won fans all aroun...

BMO Harris Bradley Center was witness to Katy Perry and the world was okay for a while

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2017

The world is fast becoming a terrible place. Compassion is depleting at an astounding rate, as both economic and political divides widen more with each day of a polarizing presidency. Meanwhile, vital natural r...

Summer Soulstice 2016: A minute-by-minute, soul-searching recap

Matt Wild

June 27, 2016

// This past Saturday, the Summer Soulstice Music Festival celebrated its 16th year on the East Side. This fall, I'll celebrate my 20th. By all living-in-Milwaukee logic (not to mention all good sense), I s...

Locust Street Festival 2016: A minute-by-minute recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 13, 2016

// For the past four decades, the annual Locust Street Festival of Music and Art has been one of the city's best street fests, celebrating all that is good, right, and drum circle-y in Riverwest. This year'...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Mitten Fest 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 9, 2015

Three years ago, beloved Bay View bar Burnhearts concocted a crazy scheme: stage an outdoor block party in the dead of winter. Even crazier was the fact the from the get-go, Mitten Fest was an instant success, ...

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